taking pics

[Chuck Beland]

want to make my pics look better

What is the best to use as a back drop color?

What is the best to use paper or a material?

I have a Kodak easy Share DX 4530 It says 50 mega pixels on the camera body.

Any help is appreciated.

[Vaughn McMillan]

Chuck, Neal Addy's tutorial is a good place to start:

http://familywoodworking.org/forums/...ad.php?t=15796

In general, neutral gray or off-white backdrops tend to work the best. I use a commercially-made gradient background that's printed on stiff but flexible plastic. You can also print your own on paper (Kinko's has large-format printers) for a lot less money. Here's a simple gradient background JPEG file that can be printed onto a large sheet of paper:

http://workingwoods.com/misc%20image...Background.jpg

(After clicking on this link above, right-click on the picture that's displayed and save it on your computer. Then you can use use that saved image file to take to Kinko's for printing.

Also, you're missing a decimal point in your camera specs. It's a 5.0 megapixel camera, not 50.